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Thank you donors!






          When you donate, you have the option to leave a note. We’re not going to lie—reading these notes is some
          of our favorite time spent during the fundraiser. We love to hear what makes this special, where you heard
          of us or Heifer, and how you’ve grown with us over the past 10 years. Of course we want to help people pull
          themselves out of poverty, but what makes all of this so special is all of you. The Worldbuilders community
          is the best group of nerds a charity could hope for!









 The entire village said goodbye with a sign that said “Zikomo Worldbuilders”—in the Chichewa language,
 “Zikomo” means “Thank you.”

 pump to use in the community  together. Everyone in the village  by, hope is one of the luxuries you
 garden, as right now they are using  has at least one goat, including the  can’t afford. You just don’t have
 a pitcher to pull water out of a well  elders who unanimously approved  time for it. But taking part in a
 hole in one corner of the garden.  participation in the Heifer program  Heifer program not only gives you
 When we visited, the Chikondi  four years ago.  new knowledge and resources, it
 Women’s Group was reaching the   They saw what was possible and  shows you not just what’s possible,
 end of their Heifer program, but they  decided they could do even more  but what’s within reach.
 have really gone above and beyond,  if they challenged themselves to   The Chikondi Women’s  Group
 taking the basics they learned from  dream just a bit bigger.  embraced that hope. And they ran
 Heifer and expanding on every   It’s one  of  the coolest  things  with it.
 idea.  Their personal  gardens are  about  Heifer International. Sure,   Thanks to Heifer International
 flourishing, thanks to the farmers  they give people enough of a boost   for introducing us to the Chikondi
 who joined the program sharing  to  get  them  going,  and  provide  a   Women’s Group, to Jackie Finch
 their knowledge and resources  solid education  to help.  But  our   for taking awesome field notes, and
 with the village. Their community  favorite gift  isn’t  one  you see  in   Kelly Sue DeConnick for
 garden is a steady source of  their catalogue: hope. When all    narrating our video.
 income that brings everyone  your time is spent just scraping


 food year round, but they have access to a wider variety
 Food vs. NutritioN security  of food that can provide the nutrients they need to stay
 Thanks to their kitchen gardens, the Chikondi Women’s   healthy.
 Group and their village aren’t just food secure, they’re   Heifer International’s programs are designed to help
 nutrition secure.   families attain food security to start with, since this is
 Food security means that a family has access to food year   often an urgent need, but all Heifer programs are designed
 round—not a luxury afforded to everyone in Malawi, as   to work toward achieving nutrition security. This process
 many families spend several months without access to   can take years, but once hunger and poor health are beaten,
 food.   entire communities have the power to pull themselves out
 Nutrition security means a family not only has access to   of poverty, and build themselves a better life.





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